Window-bead fastener.



595. Patented Mar. 26, mm.

. T. OSHEA.

wmoow BEAU FASTENER.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1899.;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIoE.

TIMOTHY OSHEA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WlNDOW-BEAD FASTENERQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,595, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed March 2, 1899.

T0 ctZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY OSHEA, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in window-bead fasteners, the purpose being to provide for the convenient removal of securely-held front or rear sash.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings by means of six figures, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective of the left-hand portion of the window frame and sash. Fig. 2 is a vertical section in line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a similar section in line 3 3 of the same figure. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section in the crooked line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a spring-clip, and Fig. 6 is a perspective of a device for engaging said spring-clip adapted for attachment to the window-stop.

Referring to the drawings, and especially to Fig. 4, A is the ordinary jamlo, and B the blind-stop. The jamb is vertically grooved at a, as is customary, and the parting-strip O is held in said groove. Said parting-strip is, however, composed of an upper stationary portion 0, a lower stationary portion 0, and an intermediate removable portion 0 The lower end of the upper stationary portion of the parting-strip is beveled,'and the upper end of the lower stationary portion is undercut. The adjacent ends of the removable portion are correspondingly shaped, so that its lower end may be thrust behind the portion 0 and crowded into place. The removable portion of the parting-strip is held in place by a spring-clip H, preferably formed, as here shown, with a flat bottom it and inwardly-curved sides 71 W. The flat bottom is perforated, and a perforated plateor rectangular washer I is placed against said bottom, a screw J being passed through both and driven into the jamb to secure the spring-clip in place. When the removable piece of the parting-strip is forced into this clip, it is held there by the pressure of the inwardly-curved sides, and to afford a better grip upon the latter I prefer to form the strip as shown in Fig. 4,111 which thatportion of the strip which gerial No. 707,468. (No model.)

lies within the groove has inwardly-concaved sides g" g.

This device or substantially the same may be employed to secure the window-stop D in place,so as to be easily removed and replaced. For this purpose the jamb may be provided with a groove beneath the window-stop like the groove in which the parting-strip rests, or small portions of said groove, as seen at a, may be provided to receive spring-clips H, like the clips H, and the window-stop maybe provided with short blocks (Z, fastened to it by any suitable means, as by means of screws passing through holes (1, these blocks corresponding to short portions of the partingstrip within the groove. In the case of the window-stop, however, I prefer to provide a removable portion D, having a pointed upper end (P, beveled to pass beneath the lower undercut end of the upper stationary part D of the stop which is fitted thereto.

It is of course obvious that the removable portions of the stops or parting-strips referred to in this specification may consist of the entire stop or strip, the only advantage in having a part of the strip stationary in certain cases being that it is easier to handle in taking it out and replacing it than the entire strip would be.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a window-frame,the combination with jamb and strip members one of which is provided with a longitudinal groove and the other with a laterally-recessed longitudinal rib adapted to extend nearly to the bottom of said groove, of a U-shaped spring-clip fixed to the bottom of the groove and adapted to engage the recessed rib at any point of the length of the latter; whereby the rib is rigidly held against lateral displacement in the plane of the grooved member and yieldingly held against withdrawal from the groove, both by a clip which need not be accurately located along the groove.

2. The combination with a jamb provided with a groove parallel to the sash, of the clip having its base fixed to the bottom of the groove, and its resilient end portions bent at right an gles to said base and centrally curved inward, and a stop covering the groove and provided with a rigid longitudinal rib of uniform cross-section substantially fitting and hand, at Chicago, in the county of Cool: and filling the space Within said clip; whereby State of Illinois, this 25th day of February, the necessity for accurate location of the clip I A. D. 1899.

is avoided and the clip yieldingly resists with- TIMOTHY OSHEA. 5 dmwal 0f the rib and rigidly resists its move- Vitnesses:

ment from the sash. CHAS. OSHERVEY,

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my S. BLISS. 

